END-OF-THE-BOOK TEST UNITS 1-14 TEST A

1 Circle the correct words.

0 I enjoy be / being here.

1 This aeroplane seems being / to be very old.

2 We have never lied / didn't never lie to you.

3 I've forgot / forgotten what I was saying.

4 We were gave / given this clock by my uncle.

5 Most thieves steal / are stolen at night.

6 When I was young, I've been / I went to a private school.

7 A `I was outside the cinema at 6 o'clock'

B What did he say?

C He said he has / had been outside the cinema at 6 o'clock.

8 If you were / would be rich, what would you buy?

9 You don't have to / mustn't wear a suit. You can wear anything you want.

10 She loves Tim, isn't / doesn't she?

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2 Five of these sentences have mistakes. Find and correct them. Tick (V) those sentences that are correct.

0 We offered driving them, but they said `No'. to drive .

1 He stopped reading and cooked dinner. _______

2 I haven't ate curry before. It's delicious. _______

3 Have you ever done anything stupid? _______

4 We were won the match easily. _______

5 John's pen has been stolen. Who did it? _______

6 Peter told me that he had got lost on holiday in London. _______

7 I saw Trevor last week. He had just came back from Russia. _______

8 If I would work harder, I would do better at school. _______

9 You're ill. You must to stay in bed. _______

10 They don't want to watch this, do they? _______

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

0 I miss (have) having lots of friends.

1 I prefer (be) _______________ early to being late.

2 (You ever write) _______________anything for a newspaper?

3 I (not take) _______________ any photos yet.

4 Did you know that this programme (watch) _______________ by 10 million people last week?

5 We (not give) _______________ any homework by Mr Smith yet.

6 When I met Tom he (be) _______________ a teacher for 6 years.

7 If you (can) _______________ meet anybody in the world who would you want to meet?

8 Do you fancy (go) _______________ for a walk in the park?

9 She (eat) _______________ meet, doesn't she?

10 The hotel (be) _______________ nice, won't it?

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4 Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

Last week, I went to our library.

I hadn't (0) been there before. BE

I didn't know where things were

but the (1) _______________ was LIBRARY

very helpful. She showed me the

books and also a reading room.

It was very quiet so I took a

newspaper and started reading.

The main stories were about

crime, murders, (2) _______________ THIEF

and (3) _______________. It also said BURGLE

that there had been an increase

in (4) _______________. It was too VANDAL

depressing so I read an article

about a (5) _______________ JOURNAL

who had investigated some of

the (6) _______________ who work POLITICS

in our (7) _______________. It said GOVERN

that they had (8) _______________ over STEAL

$1 million. The rest of the paper

was gossip about the winner of

a (9) _______________ TV show. REAL

It was boring and very

(10) _______________ so I stopped PREDICT

reading, chose a book and went home.

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5 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences.

0 I like watching films more than soap operas.
TO
I prefer watching films to watching soap operas.

1 I hate reading gossip columns.
STAND
I ________________________________________________ gossip columns.

2 What time did Larry come to work today?
UP
What time did Larry ________________________________________________ work today?

3 The last time I went to the zoo was in 2003.
BEEN
I ________________________________________________ the zoo since 2003.

4 I started living here 2 years ago.
FOR
I ________________________________________________ two years.

5 Why can't you be nice to your brother?
GET
Why can't you ________________________________________________ your brother?

6 Our teacher has told us we have to work harder if we want to pass our exams.
HAVE
________________________________________________ by our teacher that we have to work harder if we want to pass our exams.

7 All the students were given prizes by the teacher.
ALL
The teacher ________________________________________________ the students prizes.

8 Beth said that she couldn't do her homework.
MY
`I ________________________________________________ homework' said Beth.

9 `I am going to watch the news' said John.
HE
John said that ________________________________________________ watch the news.

10 The police said that Keith had broken the law.
OF
The police ________________________________________________ a crime.

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6 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I've just found a very good (0) job . It's only (1) _____________ -time, 4 hours a day, but, if I work hard, the manager has (2) _____________ me that he will give me more hours and a pay (3) _____________. I work as (4) _____________ entertainer and guide at a holiday camp. It's great. I've been here (5) _____________ the start of June and I want to stay until the end of September.I have to look (6) _____________ the tourists here, take them out and teach them how to do activities. I (7) _____________ never been bungee jumping or scuba-(8) _________ before. I came here but now I can do both. Before my first bungee jump, I remember saying to myself: `You're not really going to do this, (9) _____________ you? but I did it. Now, I'm not afraid of anything. If they asked me to go rock climbing without a rope, I (10) _____________ do it!

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7 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.

The Greatest Escape?

Papillon is a true story about Henri Charriere (0) _________ Papillon. He got his name from the tattoo of a butterfly that he had on his chest (`papillon' means `butterfly' in French). Charriere was a (1) _________. He was (2) _________of murder and he was (3) _________ to life in prison in French Guiana, a country in South America. Charriere keeps trying to escape (4) _________ prison but it isn't easy because where can he go? Finally, after many years in prison he does escape. The film was (5) _________ by Franklin .Scaffner and starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. Devil's Island, off the north coast of French Guiana, was used as a prison for 101 years but it has been closed (6) _________ 1953. The new DVD of the film, also has a short (7) _________ about Charriere. It shows him helping with the film, talking to the director to make sure the story is true. It's a (8) _________ story, if it wasn't true, you wouldn't believe it and the (9) _________ are two of the best you can see, they have both been in lots of great films. Some people say this story is the greatest escape story that has (10) _________ been told. This may not be true but it certainly is an amazing story.

0 a) name b) alien c) call d) alias

1 a) crime b) robbery c) criminal d) steal

2 a) accused b) accuser c) accusing d) accusation

3 a) taken b) sentenced c) put d) committed

4 a) from b) for c) to d) at

5 a) direction b) director c) directing d) directed

6 a) ago b) from c) since d) for

7 a) series b) documentary c) channel d) station

8 a) dull b) awful c) fascinating d) attractive

9 a) actors b) plots c) special effects d) characters

10 a) just b) ever c) already d) yet

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